RAK official files brief in America's Cup spat ..... al-Khaimah Investment Authority, wrote that RAK is safe and has the infrastructure to host ..... Racing's motion asking a judge to reject RAK as the port for the best-of-3 showdown

Thai politics heats up over legislation that could herald return of ousted prime minister

year after, and he was among the 111 executives of his Thai Rak Thai Party banned from politics for five years. He also was ..... Wednesday. The Constitutional Court in 2007 had ordered the Thai Rak Thai Party dissolved and its top members suspended from politics

also made political parties as a whole liable for infractions of electoral law committed by their officers. Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai party was dissolved in 2007 under its provisions, and its 111 executives were banned from politics for five years. One

Pearls get 'culture' in the Gulf waters where divers once plunged

United Arab Emirates had brought oyster farming and cultured pearl harvests to the UAE for the first time. The joint venture of RAK Pearl Holding of Abdulla al-Suwaidi and Japanese pearl merchant Daiji Imura currently has 200,000 oysters and plans for further

UAE tightens grip on Islamist group on the far margins of Arab Spring

Dubai and Abu Dhabi looked like decades ago. But its rulers have clear ambitions, such as expanding its namesake airline, RAK Airways, and boosting free-trade zones modeled after its now more glamorous cousins. Members of al-Islah meet in coffee

UAE cracks down on Islamist group urging greater public voice

Dubai and Abu Dhabi looked like decades ago. But its rulers have clear ambitions, such as expanding its namesake airline, RAK Airways, and boosting free-trade zones modeled after its now more glamorous cousins. Members of al-Islah meet in coffee

Iveta Benesova 3-1, and Maria Kirilenko withdrew from a doubles match with Sabine Lisicki against Anabel Medina Garrigues and Alicja Rosolska. Kirilenko has a neck injury but is scheduled to play Ivanovic in the second round on Wednesday, organizers said